1. We've reached full amateur hour with these new sportsbooks that have cropped up since the Supreme Court legalized sports betting last May.
It started with a sportsbook offering refunds to people who bet the Bears agains the Eagles in the playoffs, when Chicago lost on a missed double-doink field goal. It continued with the Saints loss to the Vikings in the NFC Championship game when many books offered refunds to New Orleans bettors because of the no call on pass interference.
The shortsighted trend has continued throughout the NCAA Tourmanet. A New Jersey sportsbook offered refunds to bettors who had Purdue +4.